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1981 Kansas City Royals Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played
(Franchise Encyclopedia: 1980 / 1982)
First Half: 20-30, Finished 5th
Second Half: 30-23, Finished 1st
Overall: 50-53, Finished 4th in AL West
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Scored 397 runs, Allowed 405 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-52
Manager: Jim Frey (30-40) and Dick Howser (20-13)
Ballpark: Royals Stadium (ballparks.com)
Attendance: 1,279,403 (2nd of 14)
Park Factors  Over 100 favors batters, under 100 favors pitchers.
  multi-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 98;   one-year: Batting - 99, Pitching - 99
Postseason:  Lost AL Division Series (3-0) to Oakland Athletics
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1980 / 1982 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Willie Aikens 26 L R 6' 3" 220 Oct 14, 1954 4 101 96 101 99 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Juan Berenguer 26 R R 5' 11" 215 Nov 30, 1954 4 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Brett HOF 28 L R 6' 0" 200 May 15, 1953 9 89 87 89 88 0 0 0 0 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 All-Star
Ken Brett 32 L L 5' 11" 195 Sep 18, 1948 14 22 0 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dave Chalk 30 R R Aug 30, 1950 9 27 13 27 25 0 0 0 10 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
Onix Concepcion 23 R R 5' 6" 180 Oct 5, 1957 2 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Rich Gale 27 R R 6' 7" 225 Jan 19, 1954 4 19 0 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Danny Garcia 27 L L 6' 1" 182 Apr 29, 1954 1st 12 2 12 8 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 6 0 1 6
Cesar Geronimo 33 L L 6' 2" 170 Mar 11, 1948 13 59 31 59 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 50 57 0 6 6
Jerry Grote 38 R R 5' 10" 190 Oct 6, 1942 16 22 20 22 22 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larry Gura 33 B L 6' 1" 185 Nov 26, 1947 12 23 0 23 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atlee Hammaker 23 B L 6' 3" 200 Jan 24, 1958 1st 10 0 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clint Hurdle 23 L R 6' 3" 195 Jul 30, 1957 5 28 26 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 28 0 2 0
Tim Ireland 28 R R 6' 0" 180 Mar 14, 1953 1st 4 0 4 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Mike Jones 21 L L 6' 6" 215 Jul 30, 1959 2 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Greg Keatley 27 R R 6' 2" 200 Sep 12, 1953 1st 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Leonard 30 R R 6' 1" 190 May 8, 1951 8 26 0 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Renie Martin 25 R R 6' 4" 190 Aug 30, 1955 3 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lee May 38 R R 6' 3" 205 Mar 23, 1943 17 26 11 26 8 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14 0
Hal McRae 35 R R 5' 11" 180 Jul 10, 1945 13 101 101 101 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 97 0 0
Darryl Motley 21 R R 5' 9" 196 Jan 21, 1960 1st 42 36 42 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 39 40 0 4 2
Rance Mulliniks 25 L R 6' 0" 170 Jan 15, 1956 5 24 13 24 21 0 0 0 10 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Amos Otis 34 R R 5' 11" 166 Apr 26, 1947 14 99 97 99 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 86 1 99 0 2 0
Bill Paschall 27 R R 6' 0" 175 Apr 22, 1954 3 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ken Phelps 26 L L 6' 1" 209 Aug 6, 1954 2 21 2 21 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 17 0
Jamie Quirk 26 L R 6' 4" 200 Oct 22, 1954 7 46 21 46 32 0 22 0 1 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 21 0
Dan Quisenberry 28 R R 6' 2" 180 Feb 7, 1953 3 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeff Schattinger 25 L R 6' 5" 200 Oct 25, 1955 1st 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pat Sheridan 23 L R 6' 3" 175 Dec 4, 1957 1st 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 1
Paul Splittorff 34 L L 6' 3" 210 Oct 8, 1946 12 21 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
U L Washington 27 B R 5' 11" 175 Oct 27, 1953 5 98 97 98 98 0 0 0 0 0 98 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
John Wathan 31 R R 6' 2" 205 Oct 4, 1949 6 89 81 89 88 0 74 1 0 0 0 3 0 13 16 0 6 2
Frank White 30 R R 5' 11" 170 Sep 4, 1950 9 94 93 94 93 0 0 0 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 All-Star
Willie Wilson 25 B R 6' 3" 195 Jul 9, 1955 6 102 100 102 102 0 0 0 0 0 0 85 18 0 102 0 0 0
Jim Wright 26 R R 6' 5" 205 Mar 3, 1955 1st 17 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Yrs G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR

1980 / 1982 Team Roster, Payroll, Games Played

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